At least 14 people were killed and dozens injured after the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island of Java spewed thick columns of ash, searing gas and lava down its slopes in a sudden eruption on Saturday.
Mount Semeru’s eruption in Lumajang district in East Java province also left several villages blanketed with falling ash.
A thunderstorm and days of rain, which had eroded and finally collapsed the lava dome atop the 3,676-meter volcano, triggered the eruption.
Mike Armstrong has details.
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